
          I suppose you are not aware that Mr Sullivant advanced
me money which however has only lately reached me being part
of the draft received from Washington Dr Gray wrote me in the spring
that he had sent money to Washington for me and I supposed it
would be brought to me by Mr Bartlett as he had made arrangements
tothat effect but it seems he had a claim on [carat: the] Library Comittee 
of Congress & he transferred it to me doubtless thinking there
would be no delay in the payement whereas it was only near the
close of the last session of Congress that the appropriations were
made and the draft paid This accomits for the fact of my not
receiving it by the hand of Mr Bartlett

You desire me to collect fresh water Algae for Prof Bailey
I have made it a point as far as I was able to save some [carat: specimens] of
every water plant which had about it any thing resembling fructifiention
Dr Gray has always impressed it upon me [carat: not] to collect specimens [carat: unless} a fruit
[carat: or flower] and many things have been neglected because I could not discern any
thing resembling flower or fruit on them I know when  mosses, Fungis
& Lichens are in a proper state for collection Not so with Algae
and unless I could have some instruction or a figure or two to fix
my attention to them I fear I will make an indifferents collector
of these plants I would be very glad to receive instructions &
suggestions from Mr [Moses Ashley] Curtis & Prof. [Jacob Whitman] Bailey relative to the proper mode
of making [carat: collections] preserving specimens in the respective classes to which
they [scratch out: turn] devote their attention I saved specimens of something which I
suppose may be an Algae growing on rocks in the Comal spring of
a gelatinous nature I will enclose a specimen and you can tell me
what it is

I shall certainly attend to your suggestion to lay aside
a set of my collection for Dr Short I will surely manifest my
        